Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham) was selected as the ‘Top 5’ in the English Premier League (EPL) player rankings for the 2022-23 season.
ESPN announced the rankings of this season’s EPL players on the 6th (Korean time).
Heung-Min Son, who became the first Asian player to win the title of co-scorer last season, was ranked fifth. The media graded the players, but for the players in the top 10, it was explained that “no modifiers (nicknames) are needed (players)”.
ESPN said, “Heung-Min Son has scored 88 goals with 45 assists and no penalties in the last six seasons. Among the players on the list, two players (Harry Kane, Mohamed Salah) performed better than Heung-Min Son during the same period. there is only It shows his performance.”
“Heung-Min Son is the most reliable striker in the league,” he said.
Furthermore, the media said, “Heung-Min Son has never had a bad year in the past six seasons.
ESPN emphasized that “Heung-Min Son set the best record last year. He played the second most 3,000 minutes and scored 0.9 points per 90 minutes to have a career high season.”
Salah was named the best player in the EPL by ESPN. In second place was Manchester City striker Elling Haaland, who entered the Premier League, and Manchester City attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in third place.
4th place went to teammate Kane.
On the other hand, the highly anticipated Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) was ranked 30th.
ESPN said earlier this year that he had “heard a lot of criticism from readers for his criticism of Ronaldo.
“Ronaldo wants to leave Manchester United, but no one is interested in signing him. He is ranked 30th here, but to bring him in, he has to treat him like he is number one.”
(Seoul = News 1)